Details of your catches:

2 x mirrors 42lb, 41lb 8oz. 1 x common 33lb + 1 tench 7lb.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Boilie over small amount of crushed boilie fished to known spots.

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

First half of the week was slow and not much showing. Then on tuesday afternoon it went really mild and a bit of cloud cover which seemed to do the trick as i caught on laroussi and the guy on old oaks had his fish at the same time, so it was down to the weather really. Still, i'll be back again for a few trips over next winter.

MeHdi has been doing a lot of work on Laroussi and Old oaks cleaning up the swims and taking down the dead trees, and his wife painted out the facilities at laroussi. Nice one MeHdi.

Details of your catches:

6 fish in total, 1 x 50lb 8oz, 1 x39lb 8oz, 1 x 32lb 8oz, 1 x 26lb common, 1 x 19lb grass, 1 x alb tench.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Boilie over small amount of crushed boilie fished to a known spot.

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

Once again Medi has been working on clearing up the pegs and working on the cabin. Again the weather was very changeable , had to wait for 4 days before it settled but then had 4 fish in 24 hours, and then picked a couple off over the last 2 days. Third fifty of the year, so well chuffed.

Details of your catches:

1 x 56lb Mirror PB, 1 x common 13lb, lost 1.

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Cell wafter, short hook link, small stick mix and 3-4 freebees. Long range.

Were the facilities what you expected?

yes

Were you happy with them?

yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

yes

General Comments:

Fished another lake the week before and had 7 fish up to just over 30, so while the weather was still mild thought i'd have a go for a big one at Laroussi. Had a chat with Medi when i got there and i had fished Laroussi before in winter and usually a lot of waiting involved so decided to get the rods out on spots i had fished before for the night, then see if there was anything showing the next day. The baits had only been out for about 4 hours , and off one went. 20 minutes later had a PB mirror on the scales at 56lb. Next day had a small common off the same spot. Lost another big fish on the thursday morning. Will be back out there again soon if i get time as the fish are all at there top weight.

Details of your catches:

All caught;
Angler 1 - 69lb mirror and 22lb common.
Angler 2 - 42lb mirror
Angler 3 - 39lb common
Angler 4 - 12lb mirror

Your best tactics/bait/rigs:

Hemp and corn
Nutrabaits blue oyster boilies

Were the facilities what you expected?

Yes

Were you happy with them?

Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend?

Yes

Would you recommend the services to a friend?

Yes

General Comments:

Lovely lake but disappointed to find beer bottle tops pressed into the logs on each swim and redundant BBQs left behind by anglers.

With the dying vegetation we also found a bait boat battery left under a bush and beer bottles in the horse field behind the main bank.

This may be considered to be normal by some but we are involved in clubs and syndicates with zero litter policies. I'm sure the above could be easily addressed.

The weather turned colder and the pressure raised during our trip which made the carp less active. Early in the week there were some massive carp showing.

The facilities are good and clean.

We would certainly return.